Bottle-seal.



J. A. RENNIE.

BOTTLE SEAL.

APPLICATION FILED Jun: 27. 1908.

Patented Jan.31, 1911.

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I UNITED STATES subject of'theKingof JQHN A, BENNIE, OF DELAWANN A, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BOTTLE-SEAL. I

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Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented J an. 31,1911.

Application filed June 27, 1908. Serial No. 440,664.

class known as outside seals, in which an inverted metal cup is crimped on the top of the bottle around a bead on the-outside of the neck. Usually these seals are provided with a cork actual sealing of the bottle when held down by the crimped cap. The objection to seals of this general character is that a'special form of implement is required to remove them from the bottle inorder to get at the contents thereof, and it is the object of my invention to provide means whereby the seal may be removed by almost any convenient implement,,such as a fork, or a lead pencil, or the like. In order to accomplish this I attach to the seal by any convenient means a loop of wire or strong cord in such mannor that the same will project abovethe top of the seal and permit of the insertion of a variety of implements, so as to give the neoessary-leverage to pull ofi the seal and open the bottle. In the preferred form of construction, I lay the wire between the cork disk and the cap and near the circumference of the disk, and allow the loop to project out beyond the ca at any convenient oint.

The necessaryv pul to remove the sea will draw the base of the loop against the shar edge of the cap, and as the wire is double back upon itselfat this point there'is practically no tendency for it to slip.

bottle, it is held down un er considerable pressure, due to the force of the machine used in applying the cglp, and this pressure also serves to prevent lpping.

dieferring to the drawlngs, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the neck portion of a bottle having my improved seal applied thereto; Fig. 2-is a central -'vertical cross section of the same; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross section on the line 33 of Fi 2.

.- A is the neck of the bottle on the top of Bottle-Seals, of which disk on the inside to effect the Furthermore, when the seal is in osltion on the 1 which is crimped the seal B in the usual manner. This seal is composed of the holding member 6, which is usually made of l metal, and the sealing member 6', which is usually made of cork. When the seal is a plied, it is pressed down on top of the bott e, so as to force the cork disk s11 htl mouth ofthe bottle, and then't e ependin edge of the holdin member is crimpe around the bead of t e bottle.

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into the C is a strand or a number of strands of ofwhich are'twisted together so as to make an endless strand. This wire or cord 0 is laid between the 'cork disk I) and the metal cap 6 around the outer peri hery of the disk before the seal-is applied: A portion of it projects outside 0 the seal so as to form the oop D. When the seal is a plied, the wire is in the position shown in' lgs. 2 and 3, and for convenience in handl' and shipping the 100 is turned down' along the neck of the" bott e, pose of removing the cap, the loo is eat up so as toprojectabove' the top 0 the seal, and any small implement is inserted through the loop so as to bear onthe opposite edge of the seal and form a lever to ull the seal off. I prefer to have the twist ends of the wire outside of the seal so that their added thickness will not interfere with the tight sealing of the bottle.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a bottle-seal, the combination of a metal cap, a compressible sealing disk, and a wire laid between said disk and' said cap aroundthe rim of said disk, and formed into a loop projecting outside of the metal cap.

2. -In a bottle seal, the combination of a -metal cap, a. compressible sealing disk, and a wire laid between said disk and said cap around the'rim of said disk in the zone of greatest pressure, and formed in a loop pro- Jecting outside of the metal cap.

In witness whereof I have ereunto set my hand, this 26th da of June, 1908.

J HN A. RENNIE.

Witnesses:

G. W. MARTLING, Rnermfir. Nr'rren.

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